SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

You likely are writing your first one of these. This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations. Developers don't need everything to be fully documented.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. This is exactly the reason I like people who present to me to start with their personal bios. The exact same team had worked on 2 previous customer service startups (and 1 non-CS product).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. Summary notes, as always, provide below.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. This post is an accusation.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. What’s going to happen in the future?'

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Coming up with a memorable tagline can present an even greater challenge. Automating the Path to a Better User Experience - The Product Guy , July 5, 2010 I started writing about Quick-UX in 2008. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch.

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